so here it is! the kids’ bathroom is also the guest bathroom, just off the kitchen, by silas’ room. there is a teeny little “hallway”, the only one in the house, where we also have hung our family rules.

yes, thats yellow. egg yolk yellow to be exact (from martha stewart for home depot). getting the yellow right was really hard. so hard in fact that i tried 3 different shades of yellow before finding one i loved! i didn’t want a soft yellow, but i started out nearly neon, then went too mustardy, then landed on this. its bright and sunny.

the framed poster was already in the bathroom above the potty and i still love it there.

that little stool next to the potty usually holds wet wipes for the kids and a towel before a bath. it was made by my grandfather and i used to stack a few of these stools up on a wagon as a kid and ride around their neighborhood like i was some sort of queen on parade!

our shower is tiles in simple square tiles, but are off set so they are in a more subway type pattern without having the cost of subway tiles. the tiny hex tile border ties in the the floor. my favorite detail of the shower it the nooks we had built for shampoo, etc. i love being able to tuck everything away and still have it accessible. there’s also a little step below the nooks for drying out bath toys and for shaving your legs, not that any of my kids are at that age, but sheesh, i guess they’ll be there someday – yikes!

while i debated making a shower curtain, i found the one i was going to copy at west elm on sale. even though i had to wait on it since it was backordered, it was worth the wait and worth not making it myself!

the stool we got years ago from target and is the perfect sturdy stool for teeth brushing for my littlest.

i did buy new rugs and hand towels, too, all from target. i had been looking at so many different rug options but besides being way too pricey, they just weren’t logical. something too light would be filthy in this kid bathroom and whatever i bought needed to be washable.

the towel were just a few dollars each and the rugs were $10 each. i figured if someday i found the perfect rug, i wasn’t out too much money already. what i’m hoping to find is something big, instead of 2 small rugs, one large rug with a lot of pattern and color.

this is the only window in this bathroom and its uncovered. for now, privacy is not an issue for my kids, but since this is a guest bathroom as well, i need to do a little something to give a bit of privacy here.

i don’t really want to cover the whole window, since this is our only natural light in here, but i am loving this contact paper solution that i may do on the bottom 1/3 of the window.

i replaced the pale pink towel hook with this simple anchor hook that i bought at joann’s on clearance for about $4. it was a rusty bronze color and i sprayed it a glossy grey.

the enamel bucket we’ve had in various places around our house and just works so well in here as a trash can.

the medicine cabinets were either from lowe’s or home depot and were maybe $75 when we got them 6 years ago? i actually think they still carry them. i really wanted reproduction inset medicine cabinets, but most were about $600, so my $75 ones looked like a pretty good alternative!

all of the cabinetry in our house was custom built because we had so many funky sized spaces. this one houses so much that i think it will continue to work even for the girls once they are in their teens and spend more and more time in the bathroom. it holds extra towels and toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and all the kids grooming necessities. and face paint ;)

this mirror is actually the same as the original one that i got before we were married, maybe 15 years ago? i bought some moulding and my parents helped me to give the mirror a little facelift, along with the help of more high gloss grey spray paint. and after almost 6 years, we finally hung the mirror as well, rather than just leaning it against the wall.

the turquoise dish was a gift from my mom and the bowl from my sister-in-law – the dish is the perfect bit of color to tie in the towels and rugs.

Gosh. I love it! Thank you for sharing your yellow paint resources. I am on the hunt for the perfect shade and you have steered me in the right direction. And shower curtain? I have had the same dilemma. To sew or not to sew. I ended up with a temporary $4 one from a yard sale. Works for now! :)

I wondered if you would EVER finish! ;) Totally kidding. This, coming from the girl who’s kitchen peninsula is STILL yellow. Ack.

It looks awesome! I love both looks, but since it’s a kids bathroom, I like that you went more punchy. I’ve been slowly adding color to my house too (you know this), and it’s a fun adventure! Now to find more time…

It looks awesome!!!!! I love the shower curtain! I made some drop cloth curtains that are big stripe like that for our master and LOVE them!!!! The bathroom looks great. That is the perfect shade of yellow. And I love the bead boarding at the bottom. I think we’ll put that in our new house!!!! LOVE YOUR TASTE!

I know I’ve already told you this but this looks a lot like our master bath we finally finished after almost 2 years. I have the same shower curtain and found aqua towels for the girls at a great price. As far as the window goes, I was always at a loss for what to do too. I don’t want to hide the natural sunlight that comes in,etc… I followed a tutorial on Young House Love for the window film. Did it on the lower half of the window. It works for now but its still not my 1st choice. Privacy must win out though:) You can see ours here for reference:http://www.flickr.com/photos/handbagsnpigtails/sets/72157629831794909/

Hey, love the towel bars on the door. Did you just use any ol’ towel bar? Do you find it to be pretty sturdy? We have five boys and one girl, and need lots of sturdy places to hang up towels. Thanks!!!

We built our new house to look like a 1920s Craftsman bungalow, so I love seeing the same in others’ houses. The pops of color are perfect with the white background. My favorite things are the striped shower curtain and the little anchor hook you painted gray. Nice choices!

Hey there! Love your bathroom update! I’m working on an article for SheKnows.com featuring bathroom updates from bloggers and I’d love to include yours! I’ll need your permission to use your photos, and of course I’ll link it back to your blog. Unfortunately, I have a super quick turnaround on this and I’ll need to hear from you to today to make it work. If you would like to be featured, please email me ASAP at whitneycoy@gmail.com. Thanks!

I loooove the look of this bathroom! So cute! The yellow IS the perfect yellow. I once had a yellow bathroom and it was the total aweful shade. Yours looks bright and light and the turquoise touches go perfectly with it. Good job!

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I know this is an older post, but I would love to know about your countertop that looks like glass. I love that look and have been wanting to do that for years but am not sure how to go about it. Any helpful hints? Thanks!

hi! we had that drawer unit built in place in the bathroom, so it had a painted wood counter. obviously that wouldn’t work in the bathroom, so we had a piece of glass cut to fit the top. when we had some glass shower doors made for our master bath, they measured and installed the counter for us as well.